• Luke 16:19-31

  • Universalism refuted

    • Luke 16:22-23 – One saved, one not.

  • Materialism refuted

    • Luke 16:24-25 – Both still existed after death.

    • The eternal spirit lives on after death. The material is not all there is.

    • II Corinthians 4:16; 5:1

    • Ecclesiastes 12:7

  • Spiritualism refuted

    • Luke 16:27-29 – The dead could not commune with the living.

  • Soul sleeping refuted

    • Some teach that at death, the soul sleeps until judgment.

    • Luke 16:24-25 – Both were still conscious.

  • Predestination refuted

    • Some teach that God selected certain people to be saved before time began.

    • Luke 16:28-29 – His brothers could hear Moses and repent.

    • Man has a choice in the matter!

  • Purgatory (second chance) refuted

    • Luke 16:26 – Gulf could not be crossed.